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30-year Treasury yield surges to 5.14%, logging highest level in nearly two decades. Analysts declare federal budget metrics unsustainable. Target 6%?

Fixed-income sell-offs intensified today as the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield breached a multi-decade ceiling… The long-bond yield settled at 5.14%, marking its highest operational point since the dawn of the 2007 financial crisis… Aggressive selling pressure accelerated across the entire curve following persistent energy shocks and a hotter core inflation matrix… Market desks report institutional …

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Klarna beats all metrics, sees 38% revenue growth, 28% new customer growth to 180 million – Stock dumps 25% in response

STOCKHOLM, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Swedish “buy now, pay later” services provider and online bank Klarna swung to a net loss in the ‌fourth quarter and gave weaker-than-expected guidance for 2026 as fast growth also ‌hiked costs, sending the U.S.-listed group’s shares down 23% in early trade on Thursday. Klarna’s net loss ​for the October …

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POWELL: ASSET PRICES ARE ELEVATED BY MANY METRICS RIGHT NOW

🚨TRUE: US stock market to GDP ratio reached 209%, exceeding the previous record of 200% set before the 2022 bear market. The ratio is also WELL above the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble top. By comparison, 20-year average is 120%… Read more👇https://t.co/qTez8tu6rn — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) January 29, 2025 $SPY – Sell signal triggered by our …

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Key financial metrics echo 2009 lows as recession fears grip 2024-2025 outlook.

Several critical financial measures continue to drop, reaching rather obscene comparisons. At first, that doesn’t seem to make any sense; how would today be seen as similar to February 2009, for example. However difficult the economy is now, it certainly isn’t that bad. What these measures are indicating go beyond specific moments, instead providing clues …

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S&P 500 statistically expensive on 19 of 20 metrics. Commodities are pricing in the hardest landing this century.

S&P 500 statistically expensive on 19 of 20 metrics BofA pic.twitter.com/FrYQL8Om8F — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 10, 2024 Commodities are pricing in the hardest landing this century: oil sentiment is worse than at the peak of the global financial crisis, Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the global covid lockdowns. pic.twitter.com/lbMgNz6ET9 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September …

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Yet another sign that key inflation metrics are back on the rise…. Some consumers are punting big purchases like pools and mattresses

Supercore inflation CPI jumped AGAIN in April to 4.9%, the highest in 12 months. Core services less housing inflation is a key metric followed by the Fed, also known as Supercore inflation. Last month's surge has been largely due to a 22.6% spike in auto insurance, contributing… pic.twitter.com/DYzVtPL3AD — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 18, …

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Market climbs as implied ERP for S&P 500 hits 4.23%, lowest since 2008. S&P 500 pricey based on 19/20 metrics.

The paper is verbose (155 pages) and not riveting reading, but it does include everything I know about equity risk premiums and their estimation. My first update was written in 2009, during the financial crisis, and I have updated it annually since. https://t.co/wZcZy5Az5C pic.twitter.com/dFUA7sbVNr — Aswath Damodaran (@AswathDamodaran) March 30, 2024 The standard approach to …

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Declining credit quality metrics in Commercial real estate lending pushed several banks to reduce their exposures. CRE is about to crash

via geofinancialnews: Declining credit quality metrics in Commercial real estate lending pushed several banks to reduce their exposures to the sector by offloading loans related to the asset class, particularly office loans, in the second quarter. US banks’ commercial real estate loan portfolios showed signs of increasing stress During the second quarter, the net charge-off …

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